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Highly maneuverable radiation protection for interventional radiology

An interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt doctors and engineers has designed a more user-friendly mounting system for radiation protection shields that maintains a high level of protection from hazardous scattered radiation without impeding the workflow of interventional radiologists.

Licensing Contact

Cameron Sargent

615.322.5907

Inventors

Kyle Schwartz, Omar Abdalla, Alexa Eby, Steven Bishay
Category:
Medical Devices Medical Imaging
Field of Use:
Cardiovascular Gastrointestinal Genitourinary Oncology Orthopaedics Otolaryngology Surgery

Portfolio of Continuum Robotic Systems, Algorithms, and Software Technologies from the Robotics Lab of Professor Nabil Simaan

Professor Simaan and his lab have years of experiencing working collaboratively with commercial entities of various sizes. His research is focused on advanced robotics, mechanism design, control, and telemanipulation for medical applications. His projects have led the way in advancing several robotics technologies for medical applications including high dexterity, snake-like robots for surgery, steerable electrode arrays for cochlear implant surgery, robotics for single port access surgery, and natural orifice surgery.

Licensing Contact

Masood Machingal

615.343.3548

Inventors

Nabil Simaan, Andrea Bajo, Giuseppe Del Giudice, Roger Goldman, James Netterville, Long Wang, Gaelyn Garrett, Karen Joos, Lara Suh, Ryan Pickens, Jin Shen, Stanley Herrell
Category:
Medical Devices
Field of Use:
Genitourinary

Minimally Invasive Telerobotic Platform for Transurethral Exploration and Intervention

This technology, developed in Vanderbilt University's Advanced Robotics and Mechanism Applications Laboratory, uses a minimally invasive telerobotic platform to perform transurethral procedures, such as transurethral resection. This robotic device provides high levels of precision and dexterity that improve patient outcomes in transurethral procedures.

Licensing Contact

Masood Machingal

615.343.3548

Inventors

Nabil Simaan, Roger Goldman, Andrea Bajo, Laura Suh, Ryan Pickens, Stanley Herrell
Category:
Medical Devices
Field of Use:
Genitourinary

Immortalized Mouse Epididymal Epithelial Cell Lines

These cell lines are useful for studying the regulation of tissue-specific gene expression, and may also be used to identify epididymal-specific transcription factors involved in expression of specific proteins in the epididymis.

Licensing Contact

Cameron Sargent

615.343.2430

Inventors

Robert Matusik, Yoshihiko Araki, Masuo Obinata, Kichiya Suzuki, Marie-Claire Orgebin-Crist
Category:
Research Tools
Field of Use:
Genitourinary
Research Tool Type:
Cell Line